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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 090

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    of it and then he makes the suit. Mr. Fagan and Mr. Duffy keep a man the whole year round and sometimes Mr. Duffy keeps two men at the busy times of the year which are Summer and Christmas.
    The tailor presses the clothes on a little table which is made for the purpose. Before he cuts the cloth he marks it with chalk. He has to fit the coat on the person; before he finishes the suit he hangs it up on a hanger and he leaves the tacking threads in it to keep it in its place. He has two kinds of scissors, a big one and a small one and the big scissors is the one he uses for cutting the clothes. A
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford